A large 19th century Chinese hardwood figure of a male Buddhistic lion, finely carved with a fierce expression revealing sharp bone teeth, glass eyes (one missing) and wearing a bell around the neck, seated on his haunches with an open-work tail, typically resting the front paw on a brocade ball c/w a carved naturalistic hardwood stand, late Qing dynasty, height 31 cm ?x width 31 cm x depth 19 cm including stand